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California couple faces $1 million in fines for someone else’s code violations
A California couple is staring down stratospheric fines after their property allegedly ran afoul of local cannabis code violations. The kicker, however, is that the previous owner is to blame for the infractions. That has not…
Texas city council approves $500,000 payment to Sylvia Gonzales over arrest
Sylvia Gonzalez, a former Texas city council member who said her political opponents punished her activism by orchestrating her arrest on a bogus criminal charge, has agreed to settle the resulting federal civil rights…
Treasury Department surveillance at southern border faces Fourth Amendment challenges
Valuta Corporation, a money services business (MSB) based in El Paso, Texas, has been run by Ashley Light's family for over 40 years. The first MSB licensed in Texas, Valuta provides money exchange, check-cashing, and…
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